"Oh? Mr. Xue Lin, that wasn't what you said half a month ago. Shall I remind you how arrogant you were back then?"
"I... I... What I said when I hung up was, 'I'm so scared I pissed myself'!
I really am scared now, so scared I've pissed myself, and more than once! I wasn't being arrogant...
Please! Spare me! My reputation is ruined, I've lost everything, and I've paid out so much money. On top of that, I'm so unlucky every day that even cold water gets stuck in my teeth. I can't go on living like this!"
"Don't worry. It's just bad luck. It won't kill you."
"Please, Master Xiao! Grandpa Xiao! I really was wrong! Spare me!"
"Do you remember the deal I offered you?"
"Yes, yes! If I turn myself in, you can stop my bad luck, right?"
"That's right. The offer still stands. Turn yourself in and serve your eight or ten years honestly, and we'll call this settled. How about it?"
"Fine, as long as the bad luck stops. I'm really scared!"
"If you'd known it would come to this, why did you do it in the first place?"
Xue Lin wanted to cry but had no tears.
How could he have known that the simple words "bad luck" could be such a terrifying weapon?
And how could he have known that this man was so terrifying he could control other people's luck?
Xue Lin hung up, his face full of anguish.
What had these past two weeks of torment even been for?
Lian Juan was also filled with emotion.
Master Xiao was truly incredible. He had actually forced Xue Lin to turn himself in this way.
And he had been so accurate.
He had said ten days to half a month, and it